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8 Gay Activists Arrested in Reid Protest on Vegas Strip
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS (July 20) -- In a rare incidence of civil disobedience in this destination's tourism corridor, eight activists protesting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's inaction on gay rights legislation were arrested for blocking traffic at one of the Strip's busiest intersections today. As they were being handcuffed and taken to police cars, the eight continued to chant that the Nevada Democrat had broken several vows to bring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to a vote. The act would bar workplace discrimination against people based on sexual orientation and gender ...
Gay is Not the New Black, but Proposition 8 is Still Wrong
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThere are a couple of opinion pieces out today that posit black support for Proposition 8 was partially due to the rallying cry "Gay is the new Black!" From conservative Dennis Prager: Gay is the new black is one of the mottos of the movement to redefine marriage to include two people of the same sex. The likening of the movement for same-sex marriage to the black civil rights struggle is a primary argument of pro same-sex marriage groups. (Blacks) voted overwhelmingly for Californias Proposition 8 which amends the California Constitution to define marriage as being the union of a man and a ...
Rush Limbaugh's Grandpa Gets Fed Courthouse
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyRush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., had a Federal Courthouse named after him this year, one of 46 Conressional bills passed this year for monikering purposes, including the "Cal Ripken, Jr. Highway" (more on that later). The list was compiled by House Republican leader John Boehner in an effort to paint this Congress as ineffective. If only he were in a position to do something about that.What caught my eye was the Limbaugh name, and this piece on Black Agenda Report. The instant reaction to a Rush Limbaugh Federal Courthouse is to picture justice being meted out by a Judge behind a radio mic, ...
ENDA is Not About Beliefs
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyMy colleague, Justin Paulette, posted earlier about the House passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that I have written extensively about as well. Most of my writing has been directed at opposition to the stripping out of Trans-inclusive language, and my opposition to the Trans-exclusive version of the bill. While this puts me in technical agreement with the bill's other opponents, I feel the need to address those opponents as well. Justin's article was a very effective summation of those objections, chiefly that ENDA, in either form, interferes with quasi-religious and ...
ENDA to 'Gays Need Not Apply'
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyYesterday, the House passed "ENDA," a federal law which would criminalize employment discrimination toward gays, lesbians and bisexuals. The bill has been circulating for some time, has been presented in various forms, and in the end, will likely fail to become law. Before getting to those details, however, it is important to save this issue from being viewed as a contest between the tolerant, pro-gay side and the bigoted, gay-bashing side. Objections to the bill have primarily cited the lack of tolerance toward groups asserting a right to express disagreement with ...
Rules Committee Gets Weak ENDA
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe stalled Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) was sent to the House Rules Committee today at 5pm, complete with an ommission of protection for gender identity or expression. Gaycitynews.com has the story. My own opposition to a Trans-exclusive ENDA is detailed in 2 prior post, here and here. According to this story, there seems to be a last-ditch effort by Tammy Baldwin (D-Wi) to get the provision included. How genuine is this attempt, and how is a weak ENDA dangerous? ...
Bush Won't Benda on ENDA
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAccording to this story from 365gay.com, the White House signalled in a statement today that President Bush is likely to veto the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). In a delicious irony, the statement comes ont the heels of this story from Think Progress and WorldNetDaily that a Bush Administration official was bragging to "pro-family" leaders that White House staffers had been "helping to craft" expanded religious exemptions in the bill. Let me paint the picture for you. The pitifully spineless Democrats betrayed the Trans community to pick up a few extra votes, then sat down with Bush ...
You Say Progress, I Say Apartheid...
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAccording to the Southern Voice, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote Thursday on a transgender-exclusive version of the Employment Non Discrimination Act, or ENDA. This version is opposed by more than 280 state and national gay and transgender advocacy organizations, who have signed a statement demanding Congress to vote it down. The article also discusses a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) forum on the issue in Atlanta yesterday. According to U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass), the bill's sponsors lacked the votes to pass a trans-inclusive version, falling about 30 votes short. Speaker ...
Does ENDA Justify the Means?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe Washington Blade reports that Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi disagrees with some activistswho feel that Congress should refuse to vote on any version of the Employment Non Discrimination Act that doesn't contain protection for transgender people. While Pelosi believes that they have the votes to pass the gay-only version, insistence on including sexual identity could scuttle passage of any bill at all.I struggle a bit with this question. I personally believe that it is absurd to be OK with one version but not the other. Someone is either human or they aren't. If you ...
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